About Me

A historian and consultant on many aspects of 18c life, I have depicted known and little known women of that period - and occasionally overstepped the centuries in both directions.
Now a focus on preserving family memories.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

THE DELOREY LINEAGE: From Thomas on . . .

The chronology of travels for our third generation was an illustration of the fact that even in the military, families were families, and moved together . . . but it did omit a few points . . . . . Thomas & Marguerite (Segouin) Jacquet dit Delorier3rd Generation, cont.

Thomas Jacquet was born b 17 Nov 1725 Rouens, Normandy, France. Once in New France he did adopt the dit name of Delorier which continued to be used in succeeding generations with a variety of spellings.

His marriage took place in Laveltrie, Bertier, Quebec on 19 Jun 1752 to Marguerite Segouin. She was born 2 Dec 1727 at St Sulpice J’Assomption, Quebec, the daughter of Jean-Germain & Marie-Louise (Quay) SigouinTheir children:Nicolas: born 16 Apr 1753, married Madeleine LeBlancCharles-George: born 9 Mar 1755; married Francoise SauvageMarie-Marguerite: born 24 Dec 1756 Alexandre: born 17 May 1759 *Jean-Baptiste: born 18 Aug 1763; married Anne- Agnes CosteAlexis: born 18 Jan 1765; married Agnes Pitre Benjamin-Thomas: born 19 Jun 1771; married Felicite Gautrot

Jean-Baptiste was a farmer. Born at Ile-Dupas, Berthier, Quebec on 19 August 1763, he married twice. His first wife was Ann Coste, the daughter of Claude & Marguerite (Vigneau) Coste. Married about 1783 their children were Jean-Baptiste, Marie, Anne, Joseph, Susanne, Felicien. Following the death of Ann, Jean-Baptiste took a second wife.